• Eur Spine J · Jul 2011

    Case Reports

    Bilateral gluteal compartment syndrome and severe rhabdomyolysis after lumbar spine surgery.

    • Thomas Rudolph, Jan Eirik Løkebø, and Lasse Andreassen.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital North Norway, 9038 Tromsö, Norway. mokum99@online.no
    • Eur Spine J. 2011 Jul 1; 20 Suppl 2: S180-2.

    AbstractGluteal compartment syndrome (GCS) is an extremely rare and potentially devasting disorder, most commonly caused by gluteal muscle compression in extend periods of immobilization. We report a 65-year-old obese man with hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2 and hypercholesterolemia underwent lumbar spine surgery in knee-chest position because of degenerative lumbar stenosis. Perioperative hypotension occurred. After surgery, the patient developed increasing pain in the buttocks of both sides and oliguria with darkened urine. Stiffness, tenderness and painful swelling of patients gluteal muscles of both sides, high creatine phosphokinase level, myoglobulinuria and oliguria led to diagnosis of bilateral GCS, complicated by severe rhabdomyolysis (RM) and acute renal failure. In conclusion, obese patients with vascular risk factors and perioperative hypotension may be at risk for developing bilateral GCS and RM when performing prolonged lumbar spine surgery. Early diagnosis and treatment is important, as otherwise, the further course may be fatal.

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